The pre-operative stratification of patients with colorectal liver metastases: Computed tomography arterial portography (CTAP) has no added value

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-42

  Kouwenhoven, S T P ^a   Liefers, G J ^a   van Erkel, A R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial portography; Colorectal cancer; Computed tomography; Liver; Metastases; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IOBITRIDOL; MEGLUMINE IOXAGLATE PLUS SODIUM IOXAGLATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALPATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARD; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, CANCER, REGIONAL PERFUSION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73249122871     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2009.05.011     Document Type: Article

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